THE DOCTOR WAS BAFFLED. His patient, a nurse, had severe problems with his sleep patterns. But neither western medicine nor Chinese medicine had helped.
The medical man, whose name was Bian Zhaoxiang, listened carefully to the patient’s description of his symptoms and his lifestyle, and prescribed medications he thought would help.
But they didn’t. …
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THE BEST PLACES to be a healthy woman are small European countries and Chinese communities, a major new global survey revealed.
Some rich countries were moving in the wrong direction, researchers said. Women’s health rating in the UK has fallen and is now below that of China.
But all places surveyed had room for improvement,…
A GROUP OF TOP U.S. AGENTS, mostly Democrats, pumped hundreds of fake news stories into the mainstream media, it was revealed at the weekend.
From 2017, they falsely told major news outlets to print that support for the people they didn't like (which included Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard) came from Russian propaganda operatives working…
THE U.S. WANTS WAR WITH CHINA – but with other people doing the fighting, a whistleblowing Australian diplomat revealed this week.
“The United States is NOT preparing to go to war against China: the United States is preparing Australia to go to war against China,” said John Lander, a former senior ambassador.
He believes China…
SCIENTISTS IN CHINA are making progress towards creating a working hyperloop system, a new report says. They have been quietly working on the project since 2010, two years before entrepreneur Elon Musk made headlines with a speech about the subject in 2012.
Initial small-scale tests on a 210 meter track in Datong, Shanxi province, have…
1. Traditionally, debts and loans are paid/cancelled and any grudges of the past 12 months are forgotten. (Credit card companies and home loan firms do not recognize this part!)
2. But one cool money-related thing DOES happen, at least in Hong Kong: many companies give employees a month’s extra pay. In Hong Kong, this roughly…
China’s self-reflective tone charms attendees
US intelligence agents are seen targeting tech firms
Hong Kong’s under-reported boom grabs attention
WESTERN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS are mingling with movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The spies are targeting international technology firms.
“Executives at several tech companies said they were approached by American intelligence…
A TOP NEWS magazine from Germany has a lit a fire by asking a provocative question in its New Year edition: Was Marx Right After All?
Portrait of Marx from a book by Lenin.
As you can imagine, this Der Spiegel issue is triggering a large amount of discussion.
But a look at the article and…
AN ARGUMENT OVER which major power is doing most to harm workers’ rights turned comical this week after a spat between the Biden administration and the British one.
At Davos on Wednesday, US Labour Secretary Martin Walsh criticised new UK laws which would restrict the impact of a huge wave of strikes now crippling Britain.
But…
CHINESE JUDGES HAVE been appointed to top United Nations tribunals for the first time.
Gao Xiaoli (高曉力) was elected to serve in the UN Appeals Tribunal and Sun Xiangzhuang (孫祥壯) in the Dispute Tribunal.
The moves show China’s willingness to serve in important United Nations roles. Over the past 30 years, China has sent more than…